Genesis 49:23-24

Genesis 49:23-24. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: but his bow abode in strength,

You know how sorely Joseph was persecuted by his brethren, yet how the Lord was with him in all his troubles. It appears from these words that he was himself an archer, and that he was not in a hurry to shoot his arrows; his bow remained still. It is the strong who can afford to be quiet; as you go across the village green, a goose will hiss at you, while the strong ox lies down calmly, and takes no notice of you: "His bow abode in strength," -